www.washingtontimes.com Topics: Trudi Renwickhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/trudi-renwick/?utm_medium=RSSwww.washingtontimes.com Topics: Trudi Renwicken-usTue, 13 Sep 2011 13:37:00 -0400New poverty numbers reflect post-recession blueshttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/sep/13/new-poverty-numbers-reflect-post-recession-blues/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>In the first full calendar year after the Great Recession, the U.S. poverty rate jumped past 15 percent as a new record of 46.2 million Americans fell below the official poverty line, the U.S. Census Bureau said Tuesday in a survey of income, poverty and health trends.</p> <p>Median household income ...Cheryl WetzsteinTue, 13 Sep 2011 13:37:00 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/sep/13/new-poverty-numbers-reflect-post-recession-blues/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS